Using Your Head.

[Packer Fan]

Technically, you can't--but the closing your hand on the puck is about as enforced as travelling in basketball--only the bottom feeder players draw it. The rule as I know it says that you can bat the puck down with your hand (or handpass in your own defensive zone), but you can't grab it--and certainbly can't carry it or close your hand on it if it's on the ice. You can kick or headbut (if you so desire) the puck to any other teammate (or yourself) anywehre on the ice--except into the net.

I just don't see how grabbing the puck equates to allowing a header as a goal. The rule as I know it states that only the stick can dynamically propel the puck into the net--any other defelction has to be completely passive--you can control the angle of the carom but you can't add any force behind it.

Hope this helps.

67.1 Handling Puck - A player shall be permitted to stop or “bat” a puck in the air with his open hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the play shall not be stopped unless, in the opinion of the Referee, he has deliberately directed the puck to a teammate in any zone other than the defending zone, in which case the play shall be stopped and a face-off conducted (see Rule 79 – Hand Pass). Play will not be stopped for any hand pass by players in their own defending zone.

67.2 Minor Penalty – Player - A player shall be permitted to catch the puck out of the air but must immediately place it or knock it down to the ice. If he catches it and skates with it, either to avoid a check or to gain a territorial advantage over his opponent, a minor penalty shall be assessed for “closing his hand on the puck”.

A minor penalty shall be imposed on a player who, while play is in progress, picks up the puck off the ice with his hand.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

Hope this helps.

67.1 Handling Puck - A player shall be permitted to stop or “bat” a puck in the air with his open hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the play shall not be stopped unless, in the opinion of the Referee, he has deliberately directed the puck to a teammate in any zone other than the defending zone, in which case the play shall be stopped and a face-off conducted (see Rule 79 – Hand Pass). Play will not be stopped for any hand pass by players in their own defending zone.

67.2 Minor Penalty – Player - A player shall be permitted to catch the puck out of the air but must immediately place it or knock it down to the ice. If he catches it and skates with it, either to avoid a check or to gain a territorial advantage over his opponent, a minor penalty shall be assessed for “closing his hand on the puck”.

A minor penalty shall be imposed on a player who, while play is in progress, picks up the puck off the ice with his hand.

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